Maxar Technologies won't have access to the Canadian military's three-satellite Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM), forcing the company to continue relying on the Radarsat-2 satellite launched in 2007 to support its radar business.

An unnamed backer of Canadian Earth observation company UrtheCast’s proposed radar and optical satellite constellation has asked for UrtheCast to develop a standalone radar satellite ahead of the rest of its constellation.

The U.S. Air Force has closed a radar tracking station on the Caribbean island of Antigua. The station, formally closed in July, tracked launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for the 45th Space Wing.